There’s every chance that the name Kjell Braaten is one that is not familiar to you, but I bet that if I were to mention the band Warduna, then there’s a good number of you who would recognise them. What links the two is that Kjell has been known to contribute to Wardruna with his traditional percussion talent. As a result, you might be expecting his solo album to sound just like Wardruna. Well, you would be wrong.
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The resurgence of classic death metal over the past 15 years or so has created nostalgia for the older crowd that were there when the first wave hit, as well as broadening the horizons of younger listeners to show how powerful the classics really were (and hopefully getting them more interested in seeking it out). Of course, there are bands that play OSDM that was either a specific sub-genre of death metal or came from a specific scene in a localised region (Florida, Finland, Germany, etc.) – besides the Florida bands, most of which were supremely influential and important to the evolution of the genre, the biggest impact in the early 90’s was Swedish death metal, spearheaded by huge names such as Entombed, Carnage, Grave, Unleashed, and the ever-wonderful Dismember. Of the newer bands looking to play within those boundaries, we have seen some amazing work by Entrails, Black Breath, Revel In Flesh, and Demonical amongst a bevy of others that are slaves to the dank, cavernous buzz of the legends that came before , and that have put their own spin on the style.
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John B feels like he needs to be living in a VW bus in San Francisco listening to this. This is not something he would have ever picked up for himself or even considered but he’s glad to have been sent ‘Power On’. Now, he’s not going to say it is perfect or anything. He does have a few issues with the overall experience, but they are mostly nitpicking and are more opinion than actual issues. Anyway, overall, this is a hell of a lot of fun, as he now explains…
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Orange Goblin have been forced to cancel their scheduled pair of 25th anniversary livestream shows, which were due to have taken place this coming weekend, as a result of the renewed lockdown in England.
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Having discovered Professor and the Madmen on being sent their previous album, ‘Disintegrate Me’, it was refreshing for DJ Astrocreep to hear the surf-punk supergroup live at their only full performance together (later released as a live album), which truly caught the joy and vibe of the evening. Knowing that Alfie and Sean, as the main songwriters and prolific tourers stateside, don’t like being constricted by the traditional punk sound, despite being so heavily involved in it for so long, the big lad was left with a genuine curiosity for what they would diversify into with this new release…
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